Week 8: March 19-23

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• On Friday, last week you were to hand in the conceptual map based on the file summarizing the past lecture on personality law. All assignments are to be made by the groups, unless otherwise instructed. Completing the outline with lecture notes or additional information is always welcome and recommended. On Wednesday 28 of this month the teams will begin presenting these to the rest of the group, explaining how the information was selected and organized. No group should take more than 5-7 minutes explaining this outline. Please refer to the previous post that proposed this exercise.

• The assignment for week No.8 is to be based on the topics proposed during the last lecture plus one that every group has to research about. You can select one of the following subjects and make the corresponding report. This should not exceed 3 pages. Submit by Friday 23 AND bring in print on the 28.

1. Consumer Protection Legislation	Look for the regulatory sources at the national level (your country) and briefly explain their content	-        Who are consumers -        Against whom they must be protected? -        Why this legislation would be necessary if the civil laws anyway protect? -        Examples -        How this affects businesses?
2. Corporate Criminal liability	Look for legislation and doctrinaire sources (writings of scholars, articles, books)	-        Discuss the connection between criminal laws and civil laws -        Comment on the responsibility that is attributable to fictional entities as opposed to personal responsibility -        Why this is relevant to the topic of Personality law? -        Can one talk about criminal companies?
3. Major Business Forms in Your Country	Look for the legal provisions that regulate and describe them, only then use other information sources to complete the chart	Draw a comparative chart that illustrates the main similarities and differences between these and explain the main aspects that are used to classify them. Bring up identifiable examples of such business arrangements

In addition, every group has to look for legislation and doctrine about the following special forms:
Joint Ventures, Syndicates, Federations, Trusts, Cooperatives, Foundations.
Are they all available to business?

SIMPLER IS ALWAYS BETTER. Turn cluttered information into simple outlines!